For me personally I've enjoyed the teams under Rudan and at the beginning of Talays tenure the most. We've had incredible young talent that actually turned heads (Singh, Devlin, Cacace) alongside decent imports (Taylor, Davila, Hooper) There was a buzz around the team we haven't had since.
Perhaps the strategy is developing these younger kids and filtering out the best in the coming seasons, then try to sign decent import replacements for Barbarouses, Ball etc.
Hope it works out, looking forward to see how the kids will go. Could be a rough ride though
Perhaps the strategy is developing these younger kids and filtering out the best in the coming seasons, then try to sign decent import replacements for Barbarouses, Ball etc.
Hope it works out, looking forward to see how the kids will go. Could be a rough ride though
My concern is who is doing the talent ID work to sign these kids on long term deals (and not look outside the acadamy). Hopefully not the same people that gave OVH a long term contract a few years ago, or those that thought it was a good idea to give ageing imports long term deals. Our coach is a rookie so I hope he's getting good advise. Because we are locked in now.
I'm sure these kids are talented at age group, but can they all make the step up....